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Gloucester

Gloucester

Technical Specifications

Model Number

RPI-209

Unit Type

Mass Produced

Overall Height

4.29 Meters

Gross Weight

7.75 Metric tons

Manufacturer

Holy Britannian Empire

Operators

Holy Britannian Empire
Glaston Knights

Developed From

Sutherland

Developed Into

Gareth

Variants

Cornelia's Gloucester
Gloucester Swordsman
Gloucester Glinda

Equipments

Standard

Factsphere Sensor
Landspinner Propulsion System
Cockpit Ejection System
Optional Sand Panels
Optional Float System

Armaments

Fixed

2x Chest-mounted Slash Harkens
1x Assault Rifle

Appearances

Known Pilot(s)

Cornelia li Britannia
Euphemia li Britannia
Gilbert G.P. Guilford
Andreas Darlton
Alfred G. Darlton
Bart L. Darlton
Claudio S. Darlton
David T. Darlton
Edgar N. Darlton
Oldrin Zevon
Ashley Ashra

Status

Retired

The fifth-generation RPI-209 'Gloucester' (グロースター 'Gurōsutā') is a remodeled Sutherland with focus on close combat. Ordinary models are painted a flat, dull purple, but a few ranked-officers units are known to be custom painted. For example, Guilford's and Darlton's units sport a more vibrant deep-purple color scheme, while the elite Glaston Knights mostly retain the standard colors except for their shoulders and the sides of the head, which are blue. The cape on standard-model Gloucesters are a muted dark blue-grey, while those of Guilford, Darlton, and the Glaston Knights are more navy-blue.

Following the failure of Zero's Black Rebellion, the Gloucester replaces a majority of the Sutherlands as Britannia's mainline Knightmare, while maintaining its high performance unit status.

Design and Specifications

Featuring enhanced hand-to-hand capabilities, in addition to standard Sutherland equipment, the Gloucester also uses a large jousting lance and, to further draw into a medieval knight's motif, is occasionally draped in a cape - Cornelia, her knight Guilford, and the Glaston Knights habitually equipped capes to their units, though Andreas Darlton did not. The unique lance incorporates a set of expanding prongs on four sides that makes possible to trap and disarm enemy weapons. Combined with the Gloucester's high mobility, this fearsome weapon can be used to penetrate right into an enemy Knightmare's cockpit, killing the pilot and preventing him from escaping via the standard ejection system.

During the Area 18 campaign, several Gloucesters were equipped with sand panels similar to those used by the Z-01 Lancelot in the Battle of Narita. Furthermore, it can be fit with an optional Float Unit backpack, consequentially changing the machine designation to RPI-209FA Gloucester Air (グロースター・エア, Gurōsutāea).

Exceptionally, the Glaston Knights units were shown to equip two "Sattel Waffen" five-barrel missile launchers attached to the sides of the cockpits, while Guilford's Gloucester has been fitted with a pair of MVS stored in black scabbards on the sides of his Gloucester's cockpit.

Variants

Gloucester Cornelia

Knightmare Frame - Gloucester (Cornelia Custom) - B

Cornelia's Gloucester, known as the RPI-00/SC, is a custom model specifically customized and tailored to Cornelia li Britannia's skills as a high end Knightmare pilot and field commander. It differs from a normal Gloucester as it features two horn-like antenna arrays protruding from both sides of the headpiece, as well as a more ornamental waist armor. Its color is a lighter, more vibrant purple, and its cape is white, in order to distinguish itself from the regular Gloucester units. It also features enhanced hand-to-hand capabilities, in addition to standard Sutherland equipment, Cornelia's Gloucester normally uses a golden large jousting lance in combination with an assault rifle. The lance incorporates a set of expanding prongs on four sides that make it possible to trap and disarm enemy weapons. Combined with the Gloucester's high mobility and power, this fearsome weapon can be used to penetrate right into an enemy Knightmare's cockpit, killing the pilot and preventing them from escaping via the standard ejection system.

Gloucester Glinda

Gloucester Glinda (Color)

RPI-209/G Gloucester Glinda

The RPI-209/G Gloucester Glinda is a variant of the Gloucester that appears in the manga and photo story, Code Geass: Oz The Reflection. The Gloucester Glinda is a Gloucester frame that has been modified for the Glinda Knights. Besides its lance and other regular Gloucester armaments, it is equipped with two powerful oscillating Maser Vibration Swords, but since using them consumes a lot of energy, it cannot be used in prolonged battles. Its operational history consists of a battle simulation, where it was piloted by Oldrin Zevon against the Guren Mk-II and against the Britannian terrorist group the Wings of Talleyrand while the Lancelot Grail was being repaired. It was destroyed in battle. However, the Glinda Knights mass produced in Gloucesters in Glinda red and gold colours.

Gloucester Pluton Custom

GloucesterPTemp

RPI-209/PC Pluton Custom

The RPI-209/PC Gloucester Pluton is a variant of the Gloucester that appears in the manga story, Code Geass: Oz the Reflection. It is used exclusively by the Britannian special forces group, “Pluton”, which undertakes dirty jobs for the royal family. Since its interior frame and OS has been customized, it is more highly efficient than the regular Gloucesters, although it possesses the same standard armaments. Like all other Pluton Knightmare units it has completely black armor along with purple on the shoulder armor, Factsphere face-plate, and also on the hip guards.

Gloucester Air Custom

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RPI-209AFA/C Gloucester Air Custom

The RPI-209AFA/C Gloucester Air Custom is a machine of unknown affiliation that aimed at Marrybell's life. Head has been changed to an unregistered unit, and registration number has also been deleted. However, a base machine like a Gloucester equipped with a Float Unit was very rare at the time compared to a Sutherland so only a person of high societal status is perceived to have access to it.

Appearances in Other Media

Gloucester

Gloucester

Technical Specifications

Unit Type

Mass Produced

Manufacturer

Holy Britannian Empire

Operators

Holy Britannian Empire
Knights of St. Michael
Euro Britannia

Variants

Cornelia's Gloucester
Knights of St. Raphael's Gloucester
Gloucester Glinda

Equipments

Armaments

Appearances

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled

The Gloucester Swordsman is variation of the Gloucester used by knights of Euro Britannia. The Knights of St. Raphael Gloucesters are silver and purple while the Knights of St. Michael are white and red. Ashley uses a uniquely customized red Gloucester. As the name suggests, these Gloucesters are used by the knights instead use traditional swords over lances.

Specifications

Gloucester - Line Art

General Characteristics

Design Features

Armament

Optional Armaments

  • 1x Assault Rifle (Commonly-used weapon)
  • 1x Jousting Lance (With four expanding prongs) (Commonly-used weapon, mainly among Cornelia's Royal Guards, the Glaston Knights, and Andreas Darlton)
  • 2x Shoulder-mounted "Sattel Waffen" (Saddle Weapon) Missile Launchers (Located on each side of the cockpit)
  • 2x Maser Vibration Swords (Holstered in black scabbards on the sides of the cockpit) (used by Gilbert G.P. Guilford)
  • 2x Swords (Knight Orders)
  • 1x Anti-Knightmare Sniper Rifle
  • 1x Giant Cannon (大型キャノン, Oogata Kyanon) (Commonly-used weapon)
  • Multiplex Chaos Mine(s) (ケイオス爆雷, Keiosu Bakurai, lit. Chaos depth charge) (carried in its hips)
  • 1x Torso-mounted Antipersonnel Machine Gun (LEAST-used weapon)

Gallery

Trivia

  • The Gloucester is named after the city, district and county city of Gloucester in England.
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